Twitter 'news' spreads faster than Ebola #FakeCures #Malware Social media has become a conduit for the spread of fake cures and treatments for Ebola. As if that weren't bad enough, confusion about the epidemic is also being harnessed to push malware and other cybercrime scams, security watchers warn. The hoaxes began in the Twittersphere with the spread of false ways to treat Ebola. …
"The hoaxes began in the Twittersphere "
Hashtags are nice little lures.
But, but -- what happned to the deposit from Satan's own anus -- Facebook?
Has Twitter now taken over as the main way to catch prey?
Where will the next title of Beelzebub's Bottom offerings be attatched?
(insert here a load of guff about 'I don't have' and other such gems about 'douchebags')
Sadly, the growing prevalence of the belief that the authorities are lying to us, whenever anything happens has meant that there are a lot of people who will trust rumours and whispers ahead of any factual statement. It's only an extension of the way that people will choose to believe utter crap if it suits them.
All TwitFace and the like do is provide a much more efficient manure spreader.
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